166Mhz, 3Dfx & GPL, what fps?

I was just wondering if somebody can tell me what kinda' frame rates I can expect with GPL with the following configuration: K6 - 166 Mhz 48 MB RAM and a good (yet to be bought) 3Dfx-board! Regards, Roger

I have an Intel 166Mhz MMX with Righteous 3D and 32MB Ram... Very smooth (there are a few people who claim otherwise but most agree that this spec (especially with a 3DFX board) is fine.

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>I was just wondering if somebody can tell me what kinda' >frame rates I can expect with GPL with the following configuration: >K6 - 166 Mhz >48 MB RAM >and a good (yet to be bought) 3Dfx-board! >Regards, >Roger

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>I was just wondering if somebody can tell me what kinda' >frame rates I can expect with GPL with the following configuration: >K6 - 166 Mhz >48 MB RAM >and a good (yet to be bought) 3Dfx-board! >Regards, >Roger

Hi, I had a similar configuration (Pentium 166MMX, but only 32mb, Righteous 3d) and framerate was fine with all detail on in 800x600. No idea of exact fps, but it was much smoother than TOCA or GP2. Your only concern should be whether the K6 and Pentium provide similar performance, but seeing as P166s are so cheap (cheaper than a 3dfx board anyway) it wouldn't cost too much to upgrade further. Alan Head =========================================== Grand Prix Legends Homepages http://www.gp-legends.com ===========================================

> Your > only concern should be whether the K6 and Pentium provide similar > performance, I use gpl with a k6 200 (clocked to 225) & 64Mb sdram & 3Dfx card, and the frame rate but it *seems* quicker/smoother than gp2/toca/f1rs. (Mind you, frame rates could suffer in the *full* product? *Peter* 8-) (NB: remove asterix to e-mail)

Roger, I use the same system with a Monster 3D(Voodoo 1 chipset) and Matrox Mystique. I get very smooth framerates with GPL in the demo. I don't have an exact number, but from experience I would say 25+ fps. I am not sure what the final product will produce with this system, but will test it as soon as I get my hands on it. With your system, I would not recommend the Voodoo IIs unless you are planning on upgrading to a PII system in the near future. It will not give you enough performance boost to warrant the price. I have just installed one in a PII 400mhz system and it really flys. Well.....everything flys on that.....:-).......I don't do any sim reviews on the 400 because it really is not a baseline system as of yet, and would not be realistic for the average simmer at this time. Enjoy......stop by and check out some of our software reviews. -- Regards, Ed Medlin www.edmedlin.netminds.com Columnist, Software Critics Unlimited www.softwarecritic.com >I was just wondering if somebody can tell me what kinda' >frame rates I can expect with GPL with the following configuration: >K6 - 166 Mhz >48 MB RAM >and a good (yet to be bought) 3Dfx-board! >Regards, >Roger